sleuth
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5.6
- noun
- /sluːθ/
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detective
- Christie created many sleuths, but her most enduring are Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple.
- an amateur sleuth
- a fictional sleuth
- a new sleuth
We became sleuths in this very perplexing mystery.
- We became sleuths in this very perplexing mystery.
- She accidentally uploads the wrong video, the unedited raw file, which was quickly captured by Internet sleuths.
- This is why everybody following a low carb, a keto, or a carnivore diet has to be an ingredient detective and a nutrition facts sleuth.
- This all makes me a floof sleuth.
- I might not be able to pronounce vague, but I know sleuth.
- Do a quick little Internet sleuth search because I am a fabulous detective Ramble.
- Up next, some new PC hardware component discussion Arctic as spotted by Twitter sleuth MO MO_USA common appearance in these news stories.
Examples
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The eternal triangle in a detective novel consists of the culprit, the sleuth, and the victim.
Fiction book (2000) -
The famous detective Sherlock Holmes is often considered the greatest sleuth in literature.
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Not with a master sleuth such as yourself.
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I think the ability to sleuth is an attractive quality in a woman.
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So once I started working on the show, my dad became like an internet sleuth.
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It's always the amateur sleuth who knows what's going on.
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Later, like a sleuth at the scene of the crime, my father pieced together a scenario.
Fiction book (2000) -
Readers' interests and loyalties generally focus on the sleuth, not the plots.
Academic text (2008) -
We became sleuths in this very perplexing mystery.
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I've published 23 novels featuring my first-person narrator/sleuth, a Boston lone-wolf lawyer named Brady Coyne.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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2.7
A police officer who investigates crimes and finds out what happened
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3.4
A police officer who looks into crimes to find evidence
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3.7
A person hired to find facts about crimes or private matters who is not a police officer
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3.4
A person who is not a police officer and is paid to investigate crimes
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2.7
A police officer who investigates crimes and collects evidence
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4.2
A person hired to find out information for someone, often about crimes
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2.3
A person who looks for information or lost things
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6.8
A person who finds missing people or stolen goods
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8.4
A detective who works quietly and follows people to find facts
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6.3
A person or machine that closely examines things to find problems
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6.5
A person hired by a hotel or store to watch for theft
A person who carefully follows clues to solve mysteries
A person who watches carefully to find out what happened
A private detective hired to find information for people or businesses
A person who finds clues and figures things out
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sleuth comes from the old phrase sleuth-hound, a name for a dog that follows a 'trail' or 'track'. Because these dogs were trained to find paths and clues, a sleuth became a person who finds out secrets, which is why it means 'detective'.